Blessed Hope Ministry

Society

Just as seasoning brings out the best in food, so should Christians flavor our world for God. It's in the Bible, Matthew 5:13-14, TLB. "You are the world's seasoning, to make it tolerable. If you lose your flavor, what will happen to the world? …You are the world's light—a city on a hill, glowing in the night for all to see."

Jesus challenged society's norms—He said greatness comes from serving. It's in the Bible, Matthew 23:11-12, TLB. "The more lowly your service to others, the greater you are. To be the greatest, be a servant. But those who think themselves great shall be disappointed and humbled; and those who humble themselves shall be exalted."

Jesus warns us not to follow society. It's in the Bible, I John 2:15-17, NIV. "Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the worldthe cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and doescomes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever."